"Bryggeren" (1996) TV mini-series 1996-1997

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

29 December 1996 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Story of the development of the Carlsberg brewery.

Plot Keywords:

Carlsberg | Brewery | Beer | Denmark | Businessman

Cast

Nis Bank-Mikkelsen	...	Indtaling af Resumé (11 episodes, 1997)
Frits Helmuth	...	J.C. Jacobsen (6 episodes, 1997)
Jens Jørn Spottag	...	J.C. Jacobsen (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Cecilia Zwick-Nash	...	Laura (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Søren Sætter-Lassen	...	Carl Jacobsen (6 episodes, 1997)
Karen Wegener	...	Laura (6 episodes, 1997)
Lars Kaalund	...	Franz Djørup (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kjeld Nørgaard	...	Niels Jensen (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mikael Helmuth	...	Lauritz Ridder Møller (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Otto Brandenburg	...	Heinrich (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Torben Zeller	...	Lars Kusk (6 episodes, 1997)
Jesper Christensen	...	Japetus Steenstrup (6 episodes, 1997)
Peter Zhelder	...	Michael Lunn (6 episodes, 1997)
Robert Reinhold	...	Japetus Steenstrup (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kurt Ravn	...	Kogsbølle (5 episodes, 1997)
Kirsten Olesen	...	Magnella (5 episodes, 1997)
Hanne Hedelund	...	Jacobine (5 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ulver Skuli Abildgaard	...	Christen Christensen (5 episodes, 1996-1997)
Peter Hesse Overgaard	...	A.C. Werner (5 episodes, 1997)
Erik Wedersøe	...	A.F. Tscherning (5 episodes, 1997)
Karen-Lise Mynster	...	Johanne (5 episodes, 1997)

Runtime:

Denmark:55 min (12 episodes)

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Company:

Danmarks Radio (DR)

Trivia:

Upon its original Danish run the series had an average of 1.9 million viewers according to Gallup numbers, just under 40 percent of the population. The run started low with 1.65 million for the first episode aired during Christmas break, jumped to a season-high 2.2 million by the third episode, but then dropped again and ended the run at 1.75 million.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Lige til øllet (1997) (TV)

"Bryggeren" is an intriguing and shocking family drama between two

"Bryggeren" is an intriguing and shocking family drama between two generations. It's a story about a simple craftsman who becomes one of the most powerful men in Denmark. It's also a story about love, that is distorted, cowed and abused so that it ends up in hate and destruction. And finally it's a story about the fates of people from different social classes. Jacob Jacobsen (Jens Jørn Spottag) is the main character who takes over the role of brewer after his father's death. His ambitions are great, perhaps too great because maintenance of his inheritance becomes his most important job in life; more important than family, which causes some very dramatic clashes.